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Mercer  County  Crop 
Improvement 
Ass’n 


ORGANIZED  UNDER  THE  LAWS 
OF  THE  STATE  OF  ILLINOIS 


Adopted  at  Aledo,  Illinois,  July  31,  1915 


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Mercer  County  Crop 
Improvement 
Ass’n 


ORGANIZED  UNDER!  THE  LAWS 
OF  THE  STATE  OF  ILLINOIS 


Adopted  at  Aledo,  Illinois,  July  31,  1915 


OFFICERS 

1915-16 

G.  H.  CAMPBELL,  President. 
ELISHA  LEE,  Vice  President. 

A.  G.  BRIDGFORD,  Treasurer. 

C.  A.  BEERS,  Secretary. 

FINANCE  COMMITTEE 
L.  B.  CANUM  C.  W.  BRIDGFORD 
WALTER  C.  GRAY 


DIRECTORS 


ONE-YEAR  TERM. 

Name —  Township — 

R.  A.  Newcomer  . North  Henderson 

W.  G.  Ramsey  .  Suez 

J.  F.  Oliver  . Ohio  Grove 

Walter  C.  Gray  . Abington 

F.  B.  Wickett  .  Keithsburg 

TWO-YEAR  TERM. 

John  W.  Petrie  .  Rivoli 

L.  L.  Park  .  Greene 

L.  B.  Canum  .  Mercer 

C.  W.  Bridgford  .  Millersburg 

M.  F.  Prouty  .  New  Boston 

THREE-YEAR  TERM. 

C.  A.  Clark  . Richland  Grove 

B.  B.  Whitsitt  .  Preemption 

W.  B.  Cook  .  Perryton 

R.  H.  English  .  Duncan 

J.  E.  Pulliam  .  Eliza 


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BY-LAWS. 

1.  The  name  of  this  association 
shall  be  The  Mercer  County  Crop  Im¬ 
provement  Association. 

2.  The  object  for  which  this  cor¬ 
poration  is  formed: 

a.  This  association  shall  be  a  cor¬ 
poration  (not  for  pecuniary  profit) 
under  an  act  of  the  General  Assembly 
of  the  State  of  Illinois,  entitled,  “an 
act  concerning  corporations ,”  ap¬ 
proved  April  18,  1872. 

b.  The  advancement  of  every  le¬ 
gitimate  interest  of  agriculture  and 
general  farm  husbandry  in  Mercer 
county. 

c.  The  employment  of  a  county  ag¬ 
riculturist  or  agriculturists  and  the 
payment  of  the  reasonable  salaries 
and  expenses  thereof. 

d.  The  purchase  and  sale  of  plants, 
trees  or  seeds;  the  purchase  and  sale 
of  breeding  stock  or  of  live  stock  for 
demonstration  purposes;  the  pur¬ 
chase  and  sale  of  drugs  or  remedies 
for  the  prevention  or  cure  of  disease 
or  epidemic  among  live  stock  or  for 
the  protection  or  propagation  of 
crops.  The  purchase  of  necessary  and 
proper  implements  and  equipment. 

e.  Co-operation  with  the  U.  S. 
Department  of  Agriculture  and  with 
the  College  of  Agriculture  of  U.  of  Ill. 

d.  For  better  community  life  by 
making  the  schools  more  efficient  and 

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the  homes  more  pleasant  and  comfort¬ 
able. 

3.  Membership. 

a.  Those  eligible  to  membership  in 
this  association  shall  be  residents  of 
Mercer  county  of  either  sex  and  16 
years  of  age  or  older  who  shall  de¬ 
clare  their  allegiance  to<  the  princi¬ 
ples  for  which  this  association  is 
formed  and  shall  pay  the  annual  dues 
as  provided  from  time  to  time  by  the 
Board  of  Managers  of  this  association. 

b.  The  dues  of  this  association 
shall  be  Five  Dollars  per  year  payable 
in  advance. 

c.  All  members  12  months  delin¬ 
quent  in  the  payment  of  dues  shall 
forfeit  all  right  to  vote  in  any  meet¬ 
ing  of  this  association. 

4.  Management. 

a.  The  management  of  this  asso¬ 
ciation  shall  be  vested  in  a  board  of 
15  directors,  who  shall  be  chosen  from 
the  membership,  five  of  whom  shall! 
serve  for  one  year,  five  for  two  years 
and  five  for  three  years  and  at  each 
annual  election  hereafter  five  direc¬ 
tors  shall  be  chosen  in  a  like  manner 
and  who  shall  serve  for  a  term  of 
three  years  or  until  their  successors 
shall  have  been  elected  and  duly 
qualified.  Vacancies  shall  be  filled 
by  a  majority  of  the  remaining  direc¬ 
tors. 


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b.  Not  more  than  one  director 
shall  be  chosen  from  each  township 
in  Mercer  county. 

c.  Within  30  days  after  the  annual 
erection  the  directors  shall  elect  from 
the  membership  of  the  association  a 
President,  Vice  President,  Secretary 
and  Treasurer,  who  shall  serve  for 
one  year  or  until  their  successors 
shall  have  been  elected  and  duly  quali¬ 
fied. 

d.  The  President  of  this  associa¬ 
tion  or  the  Vice  President  in  his  ab¬ 
sence  shall  be  a  director  ex-officio  and 
shall  preside  at  all  meetings  of  the 
Board  of  Directors.  He  shall  have 
no  vote  except  in  case  of  tie. 

e.  The  President  or  the  Vice  Pres¬ 
ident  in  case  of  his  absence  shall  pre¬ 
side  at  all  meetings  of  the  Association, 
regular  or  special. 

f.  The  Secretary  shall  be  present 
at  all  annual  and  special  meetings 
and  shall  keep  a  full  record  of  all  the 
proceedings  thereof  which  shall  be 
known  as  the  minutes  of  the  annual 
or  special  meetings.  He  also  shall  be 
the  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Direc¬ 
tors  and  he  shall  keep  a  complete  rec¬ 
ord  of  the  proceedings  of  said  board, 
which  shall  be  known  as  the  minutes 
ot  the  Board  of  Directors  of  said  as¬ 
sociation. 

g.  The  treasurer  of  this  association 
shall  be  empowered  to  receive  and 


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receipt  for  all  money  or  monies  re¬ 
ceived  by  this  association,  and  to  pay 
out  money  on  warrants  drawn  by  the 
Secretary  and  countersigned  by  the 
President.  He  shall  make  a  full  and 
complete  report  of  all  monies  receiv¬ 
ed  and  paid  out  which  shall  be  pre¬ 
sented  at  the  annual  meeting  and 
shall!  be  subject  to  the  inspection  of 
any  member  of  the  Association.  He 
shall  also  make  any  other  reports  re¬ 
quired  of  his  office. 

5.  Meetings. 

a.  The  annual  election  of  this  as¬ 
sociation  shall  be  held  on  the  last  Sat¬ 
urday  of  July  in  each  year.  Twenty- 
five  members  shall  constitute  a  quo¬ 
rum  to  transact  business  at  any  regu¬ 
lar  or  special  meeting. 

b.  The  President  may  and  shall 
call  a  special  meeting  upon  the  writ¬ 
ten  request  of  five  members.  Due 
notice  of  alii1  special  meetings  shall 
be  given  by  publication. 

c.  The  annual  meeting  of  the 
board  of  directors  above  provided  for 
shall  be  on  the  only  stated  meeting  of 
this  board,  special  meetings  may  be 
called  by  the  President  and  Secretary 
upon  written  notice  five  days  prior 
to  said  meeting. 

Eight  members  shall  constitute  a 
quorum  at  all  directors’  meetings. 


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6.  The  Board  of  Directors  shall 
have  the  right,  on  the  part  of  the  as¬ 
sociation,  to  employ  an  agricultural 
and  other  assistants;  buy  appliances 
and  supplies;  to  act  in  conjunction 
with  the  county,  state  and  federall 
authorities  in  the  promotion  of  the  ob¬ 
jects  of  this  association;  and  shall 
also  have  the  power  to  accept  gifts  or 
bequests  from  public  or  private  sour¬ 
ces,  and  to  comply  with  the  conditions 
thereof,  when  in  their  judgment  it  its 
advisable  to  do  so. 

7.  By-Laws. 

These  By-Laws  may  be  changed  or 
amended  at  any  regular  or  adjourned 
session  of  the  association  by  a  two- 
thirds  vote  of  those  present. 


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Co-operating  for  the  advancement 
of  every  legitimate  interest  of  agri¬ 
culture  and  general  farm  husbandry 
in  Mercer  county. 


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